Passenger-car.



S. GURWEN & W. M. SMITH. mssnnqm GAR. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 2B, 1908.

Patented Oct. 20,1908. 2 SHEETk-BHEBT 1.

S. M. GURWBN & W. M. SMITH.

PASSENG BR GAR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1908.

. Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

- the car being always UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN M. SMITH, OF Moons, AND SAMUEL M. GURWEN, 0F HAYER-FORD, PENNSYLVANIA,

ASSIGNORS TO THE J. G. BRILL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A GOR- PORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PASSENGER-CAR.

Patented Oct. 20, 1 90s.

"To t t1? whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, WARR N M. SMITH and SAMUEL M. CURWEN, citizens of the United States, residin in Moore, Pennsyl- Vania, and Haverfo'r Pennsylvania, respectively, have invented certain Improvements in Passenger-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

p Our invention relates to certain improvements in passenger cars of the type in which passengers pay. their fares on entering' the car.

The object of our invention is to provide for the inclosing of the platform by a sliding and pivoted door on one side and a sliding door on the opposite side; the doorways leading from the platform to the body of open.

In the accompanying drawingsr-Figure 1, is a sectional plan view of one car illustrating our invention and showing thedoors closed; Fig. 2, is a similar view of part of the platform showing the doors open; Fig. 3, is a sectional plan view of one side ofthe car showing the slidin' door partly open; Fig. 4, is a sectiona view showing the lower uide rail of .the sliding door illustrated in ig. 3; Fig. 5, is a sectional elevation on the'line 5'5, Fig. 2; and

Fig.1 6, is a perspective view of the detachable seat which we preferably use when the .form is entirely closed.

, close the exit passage doors are closed as iniFig. 1, when the platform is at the forward end of the car.

F is the body of the car.

E is the platform.

vF, F are the corner posts and in the transverse partition G are the doorways. These g g separated by the panel g dborways are preferably'not provided with doors, as in this construction of car the plat E is the vestibule framing inclosing the outer end of the platform, and E is a fixeddouble panel providing "a slideway e for the sliding door I,

e"- at one side of the platform. The opposite side 6 of the platform has two.doorways e 6' separated by a post E A is a sliding door arranged to close the passageway e and B is a door pivoted at b to'the post and arranged to close the pasend of a.

panel 9 of the partition the form of a rail; the on posts d, d and se- -'cured firmly to the partition in'the present instance. The post d is av distance from the post E .at the side of the platform'so as to allow for the free passage of a person between the posts when the platform is at E' to one side of the .Gisaguard-Din rail being mountedis of such a width that when it is turned to ,steps between the posts E and 03 so asfto divide the platform into ingress and egress sections; the rail D forming aoontinua'tion of this artitionr The 5 by grooved the rail being bent to conform to the sha e of the vestibule "framing of the car. The lower end of the door fixed rail a withfwhichengages a hook a on the ed of the door so that by simply pushing t e door back it will readily pass around the groove, assume the position out of the way of car.

In some instances passengers entering the a: may be desirable in D to the post E, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and this rail may be hingedso as to drop and leave a clear opening when the platform is at the forward end of the car.

C is a detachable seat of the form shown which isadapted to lower rail a. by whlch the lower portion of the door A is guided, or it may engage independent brackets secured to the vestibule framing as desired. Pivoted to.the underside of the seat are supporting legs which are bent in the present instance as shown, and connected by a rode so that they can be folded under the seat i'when-it is desired to transfer it from one end of the car to the other, as the seatwould only be used when the doors are closed and the platform is at the forward end of the car.

It. will be seen from the above description that we can construct a car'.of the type in which passengers pay their fares-on entering the car, dividing the platform into ingross and egress passageways by a rail D the positionshown in Fig. 2 itwill close the.

iding door A. is hung from a rail an is held in place by a in Fig. 6, having lugs c, c which eng'a e the remove the seat from the side of the car or the forward end of thecar, and the door B v wheels a swiveled to-the door;

as shown in Fig. 3, and shown in Fig. 2; being addition to the door B 'to continue the rail and by'the pivoted door closing the egress section from the ingress section of the plat-- form; a sliding door being used for the ingress section which is independently op- ,erated and is pushed out ofthe way alongside .of the permanent vestibule casing at the end of the platform.

The conductor is located in the egress section of the platform directly back of the rail D, so that he can control the admission of passengers to the body of the car and yet operate the doors when necessary.

We claim 1. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, ingress and egresspassageways at one side of the platform, the egress passageway being nearest the body of the car, a post at the edge of the platform separating the two passageways, a door hinged tothe post and ar ranged to close the egress passageway, a sliding door, and' guides for the door, said door being arranged to slide against the end of the vestibule framing.

2. The combination-in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, vestibule framing at one'end of the platform, a post at one side of the platform separating the ingress and egresspassageways leading to the platform, a sliding door closing the ingress passageway, a pivoted door closing the egress passageway, aguard at the centerof the platform and forming with the door closing the egress passageway when open a partition separating the egress section of the platform from the ingress Section.

3. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, vestibule framing at the end-of the platform, a transversepartition separating the body of the car from the platform, ingress and egress passageways in said partition,,a fixed section separating the said passageways, a .rail extending from one side of the fixed section over the platform, a-post at one side of the platform, a pivoted door hung to the post.

and closing one of the passageways, said door when open forming with the rail a par: tition separating the ingress section of the platform from the egress section, and a sliding door arranged to close the other passageway at the side of the car. a

4'. The combination in a passenger car, of

a platform, ingress and egress passageways at the side of the platform, doors closing said passageways, a detachable seat section having lugs engaging the projections on the fixed portion of the car, and having 001- I 

